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  6 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Presidency seeks to ease tensions with the Catholic Church following Cardinal Onaiyekan’s statements Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “Many of the challenges facing our nation require collaboration. Religious communities, traditional institutions, civil society, the private sector and citizens all have indispensable role ...
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  6 August 2026
  VATICAN - Vietnamese-language online missionary formation course on Pope’s Message for World Mission Sunday begins on Saturday, August 8 Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – “One in Christ. United in Mission” is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for this year’s World Mission Sunday. It is also the guiding theme of the online missionary formation prog ...
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  5 August 2026
  ASIA/LEBANON - Six years after the explosion in the Port of Beirut, the Pontifical Mission Societies continue to respond to the emergency facing newly displaced families Beirut (Fides News Agency) – Six years after the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, the call for justice continues to rise from the grief of the families of the more than 220 people who lost their live ...
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  5 August 2026
  LATIN AMERICA - "Care unites us": CELAM, CLAR and Caritas promote a culture of "caring for others" Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – "Care is not the responsibility of a few, but the mission of everyone." With this message, the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Culture of Care launched the continental campaig ...
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  5 August 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - At least 20 people killed by criminal gangs in the municipality of Gressier Port-au-Prince (Fides News Agency) – At least 20 people were killed last weekend in the municipality of Gressier, on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The deadliest attack took place on July 31, wh ...
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  5 August 2026
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Controversy over President Doumbouya's vacationin Greece as opposition and citizens remain divided Conakry (Fides News Agency) – Guinean President Mamady Doumbouya's decision to take a few days of private vacation in Greece with his family has sparked political debate in the country, drawing criticism from the oppos ...
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  5 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Missionary Childhood marks 25th anniversary, a seed of hope for the people and the ecclesial community Lagos (Fides News Agency) – The Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood is celebrating the 25th anniversary since its establishement with a National Congress marked by gratitude for the journey accomplished so far. ...
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  4 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Bishops express their “Closeness and solidarity” Lima (Fides News Agency) – The Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP) has expressed its closeness and solidarity with the families of the victims of the plane crash that occurred on Saturday, August 1, in Nazca, in the Ica ...
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  4 August 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray on the brink of renewed conflict: fighting resumes as civilians flee Mekelle (Fides News Agency) – The truce reached with the 2022 Pretoria Agreement appears increasingly fragile. Heavy fighting has resumed in western Tigray, near the border with Sudan, between the Ethiopian National De ...
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  4 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Deep sorrow over the killing of Father Oyetoro; relief over the release of the seminarian kidnapped in Otukpo Abuja (Fides News Agency) – The killing of Father Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro (see Fides, 3/8/2026) has deeply affected both his home community and the one where he had been temporarily assigned to serve. The priest, whose ...
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  4 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - A thousand-kilometre journey from the Amazon to National Youth Day: “I left the jungle without knowing what awaited me” by Laura Gómez Ruiz Iquitos (Fides News Agency) – “I left the jungle without knowing what awaited me. I returned knowing that I belong to something much greater.” These are the words of Franco, a member of the ...
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  4 August 2026
  Bishop Pitchaimuthu at the First Franciscan Missionary Symposium: “Asia does not need missionaries who come with all the answers. It needs brothers and sisters who bring Christ” by Elena Grazini Chennai (Fides News Agency) – “Asia does not need missionaries who come with all the answers. It needs brothers and sisters who bring Christ, walk alongside the people, listen deeply, discern pati ...
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  3 August 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Official hymn for Seoul WYD 2027 unveiled: "Take courage; I have overcome the world" Seoul (Fides News Agency) – Martyrs and places of martyrdom take center stage in the videos released today to introduce the official hymn for the next World Youth Day (WYD), scheduled to take place in Seoul from August ...
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  3 August 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Drone warfare and humanitarian crisis deepen alarm in Darfur and Kordofan El Obeid (Fides News Agency) – El Obeid continues to be one of the main hotbeds of Sudan's conflict. The city continues to come under repeated drone attacks, while residents face severe water shortages, frequent power ...
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  3 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Church attacked during Sunday Mass, two people still held by kidnappers Abuja (Fides News Agency) – St. Joseph's Church in Inoyi, Affa, in Udi district of Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria, was attacked during Sunday Mass on August 2. At least seven armed men stormed the church at around 8 ...